Unplowed and icy walkways impact all pedestrians, but they are even more challenging for people who use wheelchairs, walkers and other mobility devices to navigate.
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Fossil fuel opponents lose first bid to ban natural gas in new Denver homes
Activists and planners still praise new city building codes as progressive, green friendly
Posted inPolitics and Government
More than 70 candidates are running for Denver mayor or City Council. Here’s what to watch in the 2023 election.
Winners of the April 4, 2023, mayoral and city council contests in Colorado’s largest city will be among the highest-paid elected officials in the state.
Posted inOpinion Columns
Opinion: Denver needs a steady funding stream to build tiny homes for homeless residents
The City Council has endorsed the concept of tiny-home villages, which have a good track record. What it needs is the money to scale up.
Posted inEnvironment
Denver recycling already struggling before major strain of expansion, audit says
City Auditor cites major staffing gaps, aging truck fleet and other problems he says threaten rollout of pay-as-you-throw waste plan.
Posted inOpinion, Opinion Columns
Opinion: Denver is nickel-and-diming its most vulnerable residents with fees
Coloradans are facing a growing avalanche of new and increased fees that local governments and utilities are using to slowly but surely pick our pockets. Every month these fees chip away especially hard on the working poor and senior citizens on fixed incomes who barely can survive. These fees, along with higher food and gas […]
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Opinion: Denver Council should approve proposed trash and composting program
Most of us have plenty to think about besides the impact our trash has on our local environment after we take it to the curb. But the urgency of climate change has been harder to ignore: The growing number of days over 100 degrees. The drought impacting our treasured mountain snowpack. The heat impacting our […]
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Denver wants to start charging for garbage pickup by volume. Residents have questions.
Some of Stacie Gilmore’s northeast Denver constituents may be fans of city plans to turn recycling and composting into a universal weekly proposition, and charge fees for garbage by volume. But others have some big questions. Can the city place a lien on homes that don’t pay the monthly fee for a garbage bin, which […]
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Colorado wants to reduce plastic waste. Here are all the ways it’s happening.
Advocates of the mantra of reduce, reuse, recycle are piling up small victories in Colorado with a series of consumer fees and opt-in requirements that now reach into your kitchen junk drawer. The latest win for the movement is Denver’s “Skip the Stuff” ordinance, requiring consumers to ask for — or affirmatively accept when asked […]
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Opinion: Denver’s November bond election should include funds to finish Central Library renovation
To boost the economic recovery of Denver, the City & County of Denver will be asking voters to approve a proposed $450 million RISE bond package in November. The list of projects is a mixture of facilities, transportation, mobility, parks and recreation and housing and sheltering. On Aug. 3, a Denver City Council committee approved […]